Chapter 4: The Start

It was the final day of the school term and the last day that the third years would be attending Odera Junior High School.

As the teacher continued to talk possible careers he noticed that his class were paying little attention as they all knew what they wanted to be; pro heroes. He gave one last glance at his students bored expressions this before sighing and throwing the handout sheets into the air, watching as they scattered, he knew nothing he said now would deter his students from pursuing their almost unreachable goal. He put a hand over his face and smiled; almost laughing at how quickly the hero career had replaced other careers such as musician's or movie stars as the dream career for so many young children. "I would continue to go over other career choices but I know what you all want to be!" as he finished his statement the class roared in excitement as their wide arrange of quirks were activated, from emitter types to transformation types and even mutation type quirks as one voice the students called out what the teacher thought would be his classes dream, to become a pro hero.

As the class continued to cheer Bakugo Katsuki slammed his open palm down on his desk, using his quirk to create a loud explosion which caused the room to go quiet as they looked at him. Bakugo smirked as he propelled himself onto his desk so that he stood above his fellow classmates, feeling the same excitement that they felt. He tilted his head up, looking down his nose at those around him with a savage smirk on his face causing many of his classmates to avert their gaze as he stared at them further feeding his ego. He continued to look around until his challenging red eyes met familiar surprised green. The boys stared at each other for a moment before Bakugo's mood dampened as he glared at his childhood friend before snapping his gaze back to the front of the room, meeting the teacher and student's weary stares as he finally spoke his mind "C'mon Teach' don't lump me in together with all these rejects. I'm the only one here who has the intelligence and physical abilities to become a true pro!" Bakugo smirked once more as he got the reaction he wanted, his classmates quickly rallied together in protest to his statement which only made Bakugo laugh "Bring it on! I'll wipe the floor with all you!"

"That's not how a hero should talk to others Kacchan" Bakugo heard someone say from behind him, he swivelled round to glare at Midoriya, the only one to call him by that stupid nickname. The green haired boy had walked up behind him, standing next to the desk just behind Bakugo's own. As he continued to glare at his childhood friend, miniature explosions started to go off at his sides as Bakugo readied himself to fight the boy. Midoriya met his glare with defiance, his body language indicating that he was ready to defend himself if need be. It annoyed Bakugo to see the one he used to call 'Deku' stand up to him, the other boy had done since Bakugo and his followers had begun to bully others. As Katsuki continued to think of how Izuku had stood up to him a hand extended close to his ear before snapping causing Katsuki to stumble on the desk. Turning around he saw that his teacher had been the one to snap him out of his thoughts and was now glaring at Katsuki himself.

"Katsuki Bakugo, I think you should stop fooling around and sit down, unless you want me to write about your aggressiveness and bad attitude to U.A." The teacher stated as Katsuki grumbled and took his seat, he then turned to the rest of the class and told them all to retake their seats so he could continue on with the lesson. After the incident there were no more disruptions and soon the school day had come to an end.

As Izuku was packing away all of his school supplies a hand slammed down on his desk creating a small explosion to go off. Looking up Izuku saw Katsuki glaring at him with a snarl on his face, his two follower's right behind him. Izuku finished packing his bag and took a deep breath before making eye contact with the other two and finally staring defiantly at Katsuki himself. Katsuki raised his palm from the table and pointed it at him so Izuku returned the threat with his own, breathing smoke as a warning. While the two boys continued their stare down Izuku noticed from the corner of his eyes that Katsuki's minions had fled the room, no doubt trying to avoid the danger zone. Bringing his attention back to Katsuki he said "What is it Kacchan? Do you need something?"

Katsuki let out a low growl 'bastard!' he thought 'he knows why I'm here.' Katsuki quickly made a fist with his hand, clenching his fist in anger at Izuku's false obliviousness "You know why I'm here bastard! Who the hell do you think you are to lecture me!" Katsuki demanded, voice booming as he waited for the other to answer. He saw Izuku flinch ever so slightly with fear in his eyes before quickly collecting his courage and levelling Katsuki with his gaze "I'm someone who knows you. I see you flaunting your quirk around- acting like you're better than everyone! How can you become a hero when you act like a villain!" Izuku yelled surprised at his own words and the look on Katsuki's face.

Katsuki's eyes widened for a second, mouth agape as he comprehended Izuku's words before he slammed both his palms onto the desk in front of him and nearly blew it to pieces. No sooner had the dust settled from the blast had Katsuki reached forward, grabbing Izuku by his collar and pulling the boy over the desk to meet him up close. Izuku had reacted by opening his mouth, letting a dense puff of smoke escape, hitting Katsuki right up close and causing him to loosen his grasp on Izuku. While Katsuki was stunned Izuku quickly escaped his grasp and knocked Katsuki back into a chair causing him to trip. Izuku quickly turned and ran as Katsuki attempted to recover from his fall. Izuku had only just managed to get out of the school building when he heard the tell tale explosions from above, accompanied by an angered voice booming "Flame-Bastard!" As the boy looked up over his shoulder he saw Katsuki descending upon him, using his explosive quirk to keep airborne after he leapt from the classrooms window. Izuku once again let loose a cloud of smoke, blocking his view of Katsuki and vice versa, he then turned and continued to head off to the outside of the school.

Katsuki didn't miss a beat as he used his quirk to change his trajectory, going above the smoke cloud and towards the school exit where he saw his target just escaping the school grounds. 'That slippery bastard! You can't hide from me' Katsuki thought as he landed on the pathway and continued the chase on foot to conserve his strength for when he caught Izuku. Izuku looked over his shoulder and saw Katsuki closing in on him, as he looked forward again he saw the underpass coming up and ran as fast as he could to enter into the narrow and enclosed area. As he made his way in he stopped in the centre as he turned round to see Katsuki standing a few feet away.

The two stared each other down as they caught their breath, Izuku knowing he couldn't outrun Katsuki now stood in a defensive stance as Katsuki crouched and launched at him using his quirk to move faster than Izuku could react, kneeing him in the stomach and sending him backwards from the momentum. Izuku hit the ground and rolled quickly raising his head and breathing fire as Katsuki landed, forcing him to back off as Izuku used his quirk to make his fire create a make shift wall between the two. Izuku held a hand over his stomach where Katsuki had hit, knowing a bruise was going to form. He inhaled as much air as he could before exhaling it all out as a giant smoke cloud once more, encompassing the whole area. Katsuki tried to clear the smoke so he could find Izuku but was unable due to its density.

'Crap. He managed to catch me in another smoke cloud. No doubt he's already made a run for it, that damn nerd I'll make him- ' Katsuki's thoughts were interrupted as he was tackled from behind, for out of the smoke came Izuku. As Katsuki hit the ground with a grunt he felt Izuku grab his arms and try and restrain him, in an instant Katsuki used his quirk knocking Izuku off his back and freeing his hands, as he went to stand up he felt a burning pain on his shoulder and swore 'shit the nerd managed to wrestle my arm so that when I used my quirk it also hit me.' Katsuki managed to stand and noticed the smoke clearing as he heard a grunt from behind him as Izuku stood up as well.

The boys were both feeling the adrenaline wear off as the injuries they acquired began to make themselves known. Katsuki was clutching his right shoulder and Izuku had an arm wrapped around his stomach. They continued to stand there, staring at the other, neither budging before they heard someone, no something laughing. Both boys heard the strange, inhuman noise and immediately tensed up. From around them green sludge begun to gather and surround the boys before it formed into one single, giant sludge monster. "This must be my lucky day, two kids with amazingly strong quirks to use to get out of this city." The living sludge gargled out from a mouth that had formed out of it, as two yellow eyes emerged from the inner parts of this monster-like creature. It's eyes and mouth slowly started to slip down the creatures face, as if the monstrous thing was slowly falling apart but despite this its mouth was drawn up into a toothy smile that didn't reach its eyes.

"So, which one do I choose?"

And this is where I end this chapter. As you can probably guess this is based off of the first chapter/episode when the sludge monster appears, this time with both Katsuki and Izuku being present. I wanted to show Katsuki and Izuku fight the sludge monster but knew that All Might would have captured him after it attacked Izuku since Izuku now has a quirk that allows him to try and become a hero, therefore All Might leaps away without dropping the villain as Izuku doesn't cling to him as he tries to leave. This would stop Katsuki from fighting the sludge and stop Izuku from proving that he has the heart to be a hero so this was my solution.

I know that this chapter is still quite short but I hope that the quality has improved since last chapter. I must once again thank all of you for following this story and for all of the constructive criticism as this helps me become better at writing.

Also what do you think of the new name? Like it? If not then I would like to hear suggestions for a new title.

Thank you for reading and hope you enjoyed this chapter, have a great day/night.